Letter: Foolish-plus

In the course of his criticism of Ann McFeatters' Sept. 1 Daily News column, Terry Rand says "(George W.) Bush did not spend foolishly; he went into debt defending our country against terrorism."

I cannot let that ridiculous statement go unchallenged. Bush converted a surplus into the current deficit by invading Iraq, alleging, contrary to the advice of his own intelligence agencies, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11.

Years have gone by without a shred of evidence to that effect. That decision has cost, and is costing, trillions of dollars. And in addition to dollars, it has enabled our enemies to claim, with some justification, that we will invent an excuse to invade another sovereign nation of whose government we disapprove, but which has not harmed us and is not a threat to do so.